Evolution of cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic heart disease in an elderly urban Romanian population over the course of 1 year

Clinical Interventions in Aging
Dana PopAdela Viviana Sitar-Tăut

Abstract

Romania has some of the highest mortality figures in the world attributable to ischemic heart disease and stroke among both men and women. To assess the changes in cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic heart disease in a group of subjects over 65 years of age during 1 year in an urban community of Romania. We studied 515 subjects (264 women and 251 men) with a mean age of 73.41±6.44 years, followed up over the course of 1 year in order to determine the changes that occurred in cardiovascular risk factors and in the evolution of ischemic heart disease. At the beginning and after 1 year, we determined the following parameters: anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, smoking status, lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipid cholesterol, low-density lipid cholesterol), fasting plasma glucose, and the presence of ischemic heart disease. There were no differences between the first and second assessments concerning the incidence of smoking (12.3% versus (vs) 12.5%), obesity (25% vs 26%), diabetes mellitus (19% vs 22.9%), or hypertension (88.2% vs 92.2%). Statistically significant differences were recorded regarding dyslipidemia (40.6% vs 30.3%, P<0.001). Cholesterol median values decreased (204 mg/dL ...Continue Reading

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